Senior Commercial Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Senior Commercial Manager at their Rosyth site. In this vital role, you will oversee the commercial management of an important shipbuilding contract and be instrumental in stakeholder engagement and issue resolution. Your experience will help drive successful contract execution and ensure the delivery of outstanding commercial outcomes. Enjoy substantial benefits including a matched pension scheme, health consultations, employee share scheme, and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access and health check

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing complex contracts.
• Experience in pre- and post-contract activities.
• Skilled at pragmatic commercial solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial aspects of flagship Type 31 shipbuilding contract.
• Oversee contract negotiations and changes.
• Govern internal stakeholders on commercial issues.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder Engagement

Commercial Management

Contract Management

Communication

Education

Degree Level Qualification

Professional Body Accreditations

Job description

Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Senior Commercial Manager

Location:

Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65279

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Commercial Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We’re looking for an individual ready to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and collaborate across teams to deliver outstanding commercial outcomes on a pivotal contract.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the commercial management of our flagship shipbuilding contract, Type 31. This includes managing claims and contract variations and working closely with the wider team to ensure obligations are clearly understood, deliverables are on track, and all contract requirements are met. Additionally, you will:

• Provide governance to internal stakeholders on commercial issues—so you'll need a sharp eye for detail and the ability to juggle multiple parallel and complex demands.
• Act as an escalation point for high-risk, complex commercial matters, coordinating responses with legal and other teams.
• Oversee the production and negotiation of complex changes to existing contracts, including gathering and evaluating evidence to support contract changes in line with contract and statutory requirements.
• Confidently engage with the customer, developing positive relationships that reflect and represent the company.
• Interface with a wide range of internal stakeholders across commercial, finance, supply chain, project, and technical teams as required.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Commercial Manager

• A proven commercial professional with a strong track record in bidding for, negotiating, and managing complex and/or strategically significant contracts.
• Experienced in commercial and contractual matters, with evidence of leading both pre- and post-contract activities.
• Skilled in defining, driving, and governing commercial and contract frameworks.
• Adept at identifying and implementing pragmatic commercial solutions that benefit all parties.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications for the Senior Commercial Manager

• Ideally qualified to degree level, or with equivalent experience gained through a successful and extensive commercial career.
• Industry-standard and/or professional body accreditations (e.g. World CC) are desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.